Vatican City, Sep 21, 2025 / 06:00 am

The beatification cause of Venerable Francis-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan is receiving renewed attention from the Vatican 50 years after he was first imprisoned by the communist government of Vietnam, according to the cardinal’s sister.

Elisabeth Nguyen Thi Thu Hong, Van Thuan’s youngest sister and last living sibling, told CNA that the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints is encouraging Catholics to revive their efforts toward the cause as it launches a new webpage devoted to the Vietnamese cardinal, whose meditations on hope and forgiveness have inspired Catholics for decades.

The next stage in the canonization process “is up to the faithful … to pray to God through the intercession of the cardinal to get an approved miracle,” Nguyen said during a visi

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